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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 09, 1902
Page
4
A Cranbrook roundabout notices several visits and appearances by locals in town and area. Kentives, Grace and Mrs, and John McDonald announce hotel plans. Governor Hansen and East Kootenay tours draw attention. Weather affects hockey and travel. several residents improve health while others leave for Fernie, Marysville, or California.
Marysville welcomes Joseph Schalch back from Nelson and notes he finds the town good enough. Miner Sam Lovatt comments on local prospects while Prest the East Kootenay photographer captures business leaders. Greer wins contract to build a Marysville hospital as A W McVittle shapes new residential lots. A hockey match in Leask ends in a Burns win after a referee decision. John McDonald wins a liquor license and plans a quality bar. Kimberley and Marysville host a lively dance at the North Star hotel with Auld Lang Syne and hopeful plans for more winter gatherings.
Hutch predicts a booming Marysville in 1903 with smelters rising on the townsite and a fully operating lead refinery. He envisions brick blocks on Main Street, improved streets, electric light, water and sewer works, a hospital, schools, churches, a new bridge, and a growing workforce powering a rising city.
The Boundary district faces copper market unease as analysts cite a non permanent slump not rooted in supply and demand. Experts point to muted progress between the Amalgamated Copper company led by John D Rockefeller and the Rothschilds controlled Rio Tinto mines. If producer reports are right, the mood should recover soon, offering relief to local operators.
The article notes copper ore’s cheap extraction and potential 9 cent manufacturing costs for Granby, suggesting small margins but economic resilience. It then recounts a Boer spy organ grinder episode in Calvinus era Galvinia, where loyalists funded music while a spy revealed identities.
The article notes Sir Charles Tupper’s return from Wayland with renewed belief that British public opinion supports an inter imperial preferential tariff. It cites The Times advocacy for a duty on corn, while warning that the paper has long echoed such views without change. It suggests Canada’s protectionist tilt remains unlikely in Britain.
Willie Brown headed to New York for his future home and diverted to Rat Portage where he wed Miss Mitchell. The couple’s sudden decision and the tale behind their union illustrate that true love proves triumphant.
A fragment reflects on barroom life and the social dynamics of drinkers. It mentions Hess, friends, betrayal, and threats of theft tied to wealth, ending with a noir note about advertisements, money, and survival.
A humorous contrast explains a woman’s small private drawer filled with bright fragments and keepsakes, while a man’s large drawer overflows with random items and cannot close neatly, giving a comic image of differing storage habits.
An old African explorer recalls a perilous moment with a Non creature. He describes sitting calmly to stare it down so the sun would not touch him, a curious tale of fear and cleverness from Penison's Weekly.
The text presents a archaic style poem attributed to AL J. Mark from Toronto dated September, year unclear. It blends rural and mythic images with lines about graves, waves, and a distant land, interwoven with references to a mother, corn, and a journey home.
A royal visit to Mone Coral featured a historic banner exhibit beneath Notre Thon’s walls. The display, dominated by a white mast with tricolor, recalled colonial and religious celebrations and earlier ties to Montreal’s society since the 16th century.
A patriotic tribute celebrates the Duke of York and the nation, praising historic leaders like Wellington Nelson Cromwell Shakespeare Milton Byron Burns Gladstone and the Queen and King, emphasizing national pride and the royal family's enduring influence.
The excerpt notes uncertain soil fertility yet favorable climate with mild winters encouraging settlement. It mentions the Cataidian Northern route, potential for timber from Norway pines, and regions like Danybarke district benefiting from abundant pine would attract summer visitors from the United States and Canada.
The Ontario Fishery Department plans to move bass from Lake Erie to inland waters as part of a provincial program. Weather may halt work if conditions are poor, but up to 10,000 bass have already been transferred with more to follow before winter.
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